Officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Trichy International Airport in Tamil Nadu foiled a smuggling bid and seized gold coins weighing 1199 grams worth Rs 75.71 kilograms, officials said on Monday.
The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested two drug peddlers from the Agripada area in Maharashtra's Mumbai and seized drugs worth Rs 58 lakh, said the police on Sunday.
"The vigilant jawans of ICP Petrapole, 145 Battalion, BSF under South Bengal Frontier apprehended the two Bangladeshi passengers with five gold bangles and three gold chains red-handed. Both passengers were trying to smuggle these gold chains and bangles from Bangladesh to India through ICP
In a collaborative effort, the Border Security Force (BSF) and Punjab Police successfully thwarted a narcotics smuggling attempt on the outskirts of Dall village in Tarn Taran district and seized 672 grams of suspected heroin.
Emphasising on growing global support for India's permanent membership at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that sometimes things are not given generously and one has to seize it.
Apart from the Yaba tablets, the Assam Rifles also seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs 10,500, and a mobile phone worth Rs 20,000 was also recovered from the drug peddlers.
Mumbai Crime Branch seized banned Gutkha and Pan Masala worth Rs 12 crore from the Kasa area in Maharashtra's Palghar and arrested seven people in this connection, an official said on Friday.
Apart from the precious stones valued at around Rs 6.03 crore, the DRI also seized foreign currency worth Rs 9.83 lakh and Indian currency worth Rs 1 lakh.
Customs department officials at Cochin international airport seized 677.200 grams of 'foreign origin gold' from a passenger who came from Kuwait on Thursday.
The Mumbai police on Thursday arrested two suspects and seized 503 grams of MD drugs worth Rs 1.18 crore from a drug factory in the Lalji Pada slum area of the city.
The quadcopter (model DJI Mavic 3 Classic) drone was recovered along with one packet of heroin (gross weight approximately 470 grams) from a farming field adjacent to Dhanoe Khurd village in Amritsar.
The anti-terror agency also seized several illegal arms and ammunition, along with incriminating documents, digital devices and cash, in the massive multi-state crackdown in three cases relating to conspiracies and activities of the BKI and the Lawrence Bishnoi crime syndicate, among othe